Family Engagement and Support Officer
Kingfisher School, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 3RR7 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP (subject to the completion of all necessary checks)
Closing date
12 February 2025 at 9am
Date listed
4 February 2025
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- 25794.08 - 40672.81
Family Engagement and Support Officer job summary
Kingfisher School is a unique, friendly and successful school in Abingdon, Oxfordshire. We are a special school providing high quality education for children and young adults aged 2-19 years who have severe, profound and complex needs including autism.
Would you like to join our happy and caring school where teaching and therapies combine to support the development of each child? Kingfisher is a place where every child has an aspirational and personalised education programme that ensures they receive an exceptional opportunity to succeed.
If you have a desire to support pupils with Special Educational Needs and wish to work in an incredibly rewarding environment, then this could be the place for you.
We are looking for a resilient, reliable and supportive individual who will support us to deliver a high quality education provision to our pupils. You will need good communication skills and plenty of energy. We are looking to create a new role within our school. This role will be the link between our pupils’ families and School, therapists and other professionals. The role will also include being pro-active in seeking support for our families in relation to school and the wider community. The post holder will also source out of school activities for families to engage in as appropriate, this may include support to fill out referrals and forms. Full and on-going training is offered and an induction programme will support you as you settle in.
This role will evolve with the post holder and the job description may change as the role develops. At present, this role is term time only-25 hours per week although there is some flexibility and other hours would be considered. As the role develops there may be a requirement to support parents and attend some meetings during school holiday. This will be up to 4 weeks per year.
Applicants must be 18 years or older.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Propeller Academy Trust and its member schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people according to child protection and safeguarding guidelines. We expect all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment.
Posts classed as having a high degree of contact with children or vulnerable adults are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. All post holders are subject to the necessary pre-employment check, including a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check, including a Child/Adult’s Barred List check (where applicable to the role in question).
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Kingfisher School
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 19
- School size
- 111 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 19
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Kingfisher School website (opens in new tab)
Kingfisher School is a unique, friendly and successful school in Abingdon, Oxfordshire. We are a special school providing high quality education for children and young adults aged 2-19 years who have severe, profound and complex needs including autism.
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